Twenty Seventh

And as he had only just celebrated his twenty-seventh birthday, he could reasonably hope that there were still many years ahead of him to lead his army to the ends of the earth. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

For the twenty-seventh time that day, my cell phone rang. ❋ Molly Harper (2011)

How could I resist being a villain invading enemy camp, especially on a night when my Yankees could silence Citizens Bank Park with their twenty-seventh baseball championship? ❋ William Fredrick Cooper (2011)

I fit right into the category, moving here days before my twenty-seventh birthday. ❋ Daniel Hernandez (2011)

In "The Twenty-Seventh Man," Stalin orders the execution of twenty-six writers, and unpublished Pinchas Pelovitz, the twenty-seventh, lands in jail with the others through a clerical error. ❋ Unknown (2010)

While jazzed up about returning the postseason, they had a division championship to lock up, a pennant to win, and a twenty-seventh championship banner to hoist in their new ballpark. ❋ William Fredrick Cooper (2011)

African Americans, in contrast, would rank a depressing twenty-seventh, while Hispanic Americans would rank even lower at thirty-second. ❋ Max Benavidez (2011)

December 13 was the twenty-seventh day of Ramadan, an especially sacred day in the Muslim calendar, when the Prophet Mohammed had received the first verses of the Koran. ❋ Peter L. Bergen (2011)

What actually happened was this: I spent my twenty-seventh birthday alternately telling her I was going to throw her off the balcony and threatening to urinate on her, until she began crying. ❋ Jeff Allen (2011)